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//   $Revision: 1802 $
//   $Date: 2008-05-19 11:55:07 +0200 (Mo, 19. Mai 2008) $
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//=============================================================================
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//  CLASS StripifierT
//
//=============================================================================


#ifndef OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_HH
#define OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_HH


//== INCLUDES =================================================================

#include <vector>
#include <OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Property.hh>


//== FORWARDDECLARATIONS ======================================================


//== NAMESPACES ===============================================================

namespace OpenMesh {


//== CLASS DEFINITION =========================================================



	      
/** \class StripifierT StripifierT.hh <OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/StripifierT.hh>
    This class decomposes a triangle mesh into several triangle strips.
*/

template <class Mesh>
class StripifierT
{
public:
   
  typedef unsigned int                      Index;
  typedef std::vector<Index>                Strip;
  typedef typename Strip::const_iterator    IndexIterator;
  typedef std::vector<Strip>                Strips;
  typedef typename Strips::const_iterator   StripsIterator;


  /// Default constructor
  StripifierT(Mesh& _mesh) : mesh_(_mesh) {}

  /// Destructor
  ~StripifierT() {}


  /// Compute triangle strips, returns number of strips
  unsigned int stripify();

  /// delete all strips
  void clear() { Strips().swap(strips_); }

  /// returns number of strips
  unsigned int n_strips() const { return strips_.size(); }

  /// are strips computed?
  bool is_valid() const { return !strips_.empty(); }

  /// Access strips
  StripsIterator begin() const { return strips_.begin(); }
  /// Access strips
  StripsIterator end()   const { return strips_.end(); }


private:

  typedef std::vector<typename Mesh::FaceHandle>  FaceHandles;


  /// this method does the main work
  void build_strips();

  /// build a strip from a given halfedge (in both directions)
  void build_strip(typename Mesh::HalfedgeHandle _start_hh,
		   Strip& _strip,
		   FaceHandles& _faces);

  FPropHandleT<bool>::reference  processed(typename Mesh::FaceHandle _fh) {
    return mesh_.property(processed_, _fh);
  }
  FPropHandleT<bool>::reference  used(typename Mesh::FaceHandle _fh) {
    return mesh_.property(used_, _fh);
  }



private:

  Mesh&                mesh_;
  Strips               strips_;
  FPropHandleT<bool>   processed_, used_;
};


//=============================================================================
} // namespace OpenMesh
//=============================================================================
#if defined(OM_INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_C)
#define OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_TEMPLATES
#include "StripifierT.cc"
#endif
//=============================================================================
#endif // OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_HH defined
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